Earlier today, the Riverhead Fire Department responded as part of a multi-agency operation to a serious motor vehicle accident involving a Suffolk County transit bus and a school bus in our community.

Riverhead Fire Department members assisted with heavy rescue operations, working to gain access to the vehicles and safely extricate injured occupants. Several individuals, including a child, were transported to area hospitals for further medical evaluation.

Assisting at the scene were:
• Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps (RVAC)
• Mattituck Fire Department (ambulance)
• Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance
• Riverhead Police Department